EFL Cup
Round 2
Tuesday 25 August 2026 · 20:00 · HT 1-3 · St. Andrew's @ Knighthead Park, Birmingham · Referee Tim Robinson

Birmingham City v Brentford: stats, form and bet builder picks

In Birmingham City's last 1 home game and Brentford's last 0 away games in their leagues before kick-off, both teams scored in 1 of 1, over 2.5 goals in 1 of 1, with 10.0 corners per match (league 10.5) and 3.0 cards (league 4.0).
Figures, form and bet builder stats use each side's league games.
Seasons
2026/27
2025/26
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Match stats

Birmingham City v Brentford, full match
32%
Possession
68%
0.63
Expected goals (xG)
2.08
8
Shots
18
2
Shots on target
8
4
Corners
6
9
Fouls
12
2
Yellow cards
1
0
Red cards
0
0
Offsides
1

Goals and cards

6'
Goal
Callum Wilson BRE
26'
Yellow card
Jannik Schuster BRE
28'
Goal
Demarai Gray BIR
35'
Goal
Aaron Hickey BRE
37'
Yellow card
Jhon Solís BIR
40'
Goal
Nathan Collins BRE
55'
Yellow card
Bright Osayi-Samuel BIR
70'
Goal
Mikkel Damsgaard BRE
73'
Goal
Igor Thiago BRE
77'
Goal
Nathan Collins BRE

Match probabilities

How often each happened in Birmingham City's last 1 home game and Brentford's last 0 away games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate beside it.
Both teams to score
100%
1/1 games · League 63%
Over 1.5 goals
100%
1/1 games · League 76%
Over 2.5 goals
100%
1/1 games · League 60%
Over 3.5 goals
100%
1/1 games · League 37%
Over 9.5 corners
100%
1/1 games · League 58%
Over 3.5 cards
0%
0/1 games · League 51%
Birmingham City clean sheet
0%
0/1 games · League 22%
Brentford clean sheet
–
0/0 games · League 22%
Birmingham City fail to score
0%
0/1 games · League 22%
Brentford fail to score
–
0/0 games · League 22%

Averages per match

Same games, both teams added together
Goals
4.0
League 2.9
Corners
10.0
League 10.5
Cards
3.0
League 4.0